【英文读物】The Story Of The Duchess Of Cicogne And Of Monsieur De Boulingrin
8页1、【英文读物】The Story Of The Duchess Of Cicogne And Of Monsieur De BoulingrinCHAPTER I THE story of the Sleeping Beauty is well known; we have excellent accounts of it, both in prose and in verse. I shall not undertake to relate-it again; but, having become acquainted with several memoirs of the time which have remained unpublished, I discovered some anecdotes relating to King Cloche and Queen Satine, whose daughter it was that slept a hundred years, and also to several members of the Court who shared
2、 the Princesss sleep. I propose to communicate to the public such portions of these revelations as have seemed to me most interesting.After several years of marriage, Queen Satine gave the King, her husband, a daughter who received the names of Paule-Marie-Aurore. The baptismal festivities were planned by the Duc des Hoisons, grand master of the ceremonies, in accordance with a formulary dating from the Emperor Honorius, which was so mildewed and so nibbled by rats that it was impossible to deci
3、pher any of it.There were still fairies in those days, and those who had titles used to go to Court. Seven of them were invited to be god-mothers, Queen Titania, Queen Mab, the wise Vivien, trained by Merlin in the arts of enchantment, Melusina, whose history was written by Jean dArras, and who became a serpent every Saturday (but the baptism was on a Sunday), Urgle, White Anna of Brittany, and Mourgue who led Ogier the Dane into the country of Avalon.They appeared at the castle in robes of the
4、colour of time, of the sun, of the moon, and of the nymphs, all glittering with diamonds and pearls. As all were taking their places at table an old fairy called Alcuine, who had not been invited, was seen to enter.“Pray do not be annoyed, madame,” said the King, “that you were not of those invited to this festivity; it was believed that you were either dead or enchanted.”Since the fairies grew old, there is no doubt that they used to die. They all died in time, and everybody knows that Melusina
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